Penal action warnings won't work: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti

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Updated At : 12:18 PM Dec 31, 2021 IST

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Srinagar, December 30

“Bullying us into silence by penal action warnings will not work,” PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Thursday after the Special Investigation Team probing the Hyderpora encounter threatened leaders of legal action for “speculative” statements about the probe.

A Pakistani terrorist and three other persons were killed in Hyderpora on November 15 and the police had claimed that all the slain men had links to militancy. The families of the three, alleging foul play, had said they were innocent, prompting the police to order the inquiry.

In a tweet, the former J&K CM said, “Remarks on the SIT probe by different political parties isn’t mere speculation. They are grounded in facts. The administration’s aversion and discomfort with truth coming to the fore is well known.” — PTI

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